Brush



' (No Model.)

H. W. HASGY.

BRUSH.

No. 602,077. Patented Apr. 12,1898.

7 UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARVEY W. HASGY, OF HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK.

BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,077, dated April12, 1898.

" Application filed August 3 1897- ial N 646,884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARVEY W. HASCY, a resident of I-Iempstead, Queenscounty, State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to what are known in the art as socket-brushes, orbrushes, such as shaving and paint brushes, wherein a han-.

cult-y has been found by reason of the liability,

of the hair or bristles in swelling to break the handle in which theyare carried. Especially is this true in shaving-brushes, in which thehandles are usually made of wood, bone, ivory, or some like material andwherein a com paratively thin bristle-supporting portion of the handleis liable to split and render the brush useless.

The object'of my invention is to overcome the above and other defectsheretofore found in socket-brushes and to produce a brush which will bedurable in construction and wherein the changes due to my invention addbut little to the cost of manufacture.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a longitudinalsectional view of a socket-brush embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is adetail isometric view of one form of ferrule used in a brush made inaccordance with I my invention. I

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one form of my invention,A indicates the-handle of a socket-brush, which is provided with alongitudinal bristle-receiving opening a. A ferrule 13 is adapted to besecured to the brush and form a reinforcing means therefor, inthe mannerto be hereinafter described. This ferrule B comprises a hollow extension19,, which is preferably of the same extent in cross-section as thebristlereceiving opening in the handle of the brush and is adapted to bereceived therein. From this hollow extension 12 extends alaterallyprojecting flange b, which is adapted to surround the end ofthe brush and to be turned or spun into a groove in the handle, asindicated at b in Fig. 1, to secure the ferrule in place upon thehandle. It will be observed that by this means the strain caused by theswelling of the bristles instead of being taken up by the handle isborne by the ferrule and that the ferrule likewise surrounds the lowerend of the brush and constitutes an additional reinforce therefor, aswell as a means for securing it in place upon the handle. It will alsobe observed that by employing the ferrule in the manner described Whatstrain there is upon that portion of the handle which receives thebristles is equal at all parts and the liability of a portion of thehandle breaking away is overcome.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to securebyLetters Patent 1. A socket-brush. comprising a handle having abristle-receiving opening therein, bristles contained within saidopening, and a ferrule having a hollow extension within thebristle-receiving opening in the handle and surrounding the bristlescontained therein and a flanged portion surrounding thelower

